Re: Bad Salary Omens (Dana Worley)

Subject: Re: Bad Salary Omens (Dana Worley)
From: "Lorraine Kiewiet" <lkiewiet -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:28:01 -0800

Bravo to Dana!
This thread had several good observations:
Where was the job with the low salary?
The low salary indicated that years of experience were not
necessary. So what's wrong with that? We were all young once.
The position could be an entre to someone on unemployment, a
disabled Veteran, etc.
And Dana's, that the "executive assistant" job is not the same
thing! And is deserving of higher pay.
I worked my way to graduate school in the 1970s for two years as an
Executive Assistant in the Corporate Finance world. In those days, the
executive assistant was female, and was more important from 9-5 than the
wife. And took the stress of the work day, whereas the wife did not.
Executive assistants make a fine salary because they function as a partner
to their boss. Not only are they technically adept in the subject matter,
but they have personality to field phone calls, (email nowadays), office
politics, etc. Interpersonal skills are key, as much as technical knowledge
is key in these positions. Example: I couldn't say that my boss was away, or
where he was, or that he was having lunch with so and so, because any and
all of these things could tip off a competitor. But I still had to be
pleasant and helpful to the colleague who was calling. It was kinda like
being in the CIA.

--Lorraine



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Today's Topics:

1. RE: Using conditions in multi-destination docs (McLauchlan, Kevin)
2. Re: Bad Salary Omens (Dana Worley)
3. Re: Bad Salary Omens (Pro TechWriter)
4. Nice articles - thanks for the links (Cardimon, Craig)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:08:07 -0500
From: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
Subject: RE: Using conditions in multi-destination docs
To: Rick Stone <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com>
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It's "defunct" to me.

We switched to Flare 1-dot-something years ago, when the RH owners were
being deliberately obtuse and obscure about their intentions for the
product, and haven't looked back. Thus I know and can talk about RH
behavio[u]r only from the last version that I used.

- K

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From: Rick Stone [mailto:rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com]
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:51 PM
To: McLauchlan, Kevin
Cc: Suzette Leeming; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Using conditions in multi-destination docs

Hi Kevin

I just wanted to clarify that things still work this way with RoboHelp as it
exists today.

The comment

(as in RoboHelp from several years ago...)

Seems to infer that either things no longer work this way in RoboHelp or
that RoboHelp is a defunct product. And neither are true. ;)

Cheers... Rick :)

McLauchlan, Kevin wrote:



Suzette Leeming inquired:


Just curious... can you only use "not" conditions? Why can't you use
something like "if Prod1", "if Prod2", etc. Then it would be
easy to add a
"if Prod3".

I know the software I use has both inclusive and exclusive
conditions, so
that's why I'm thinking this way.

Suzette Leeming



In MadCap Flare (as in RoboHelp from several years ago...) all content is
included in published output unless it carries a condition that has been
marked as excluded.

But... the "notProd1", " notProd2" was just a naming convention; they can be
called whatever you like. It just seemed clearer to call them "notProd1" or
"excludeProd1" given how Flare's conditions work. If anyone ever has to pick
up my pieces, that would be one less thing to puzzle about. :-)

- Kevin


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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:54:14 -0700
From: "Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Bad Salary Omens
To: Technical Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
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On Monday, December 28, 2009, Pro TechWriter wrote:

> I'm considering executive assistant positions--they pay more and are
> much less responsibility--and next-to-no overtime!

Have you ever worked as an executive assistant?

If you are a true executive assistant (not just a secretary with a fancy
title), the job can be
quite stressful. And if you're going to keep up, you'll be putting in OT.

I worked as an executive assistant for about 8 years. I was so relieved when
I left the
company and took a position as a technical writer/applications engineer. I
no longer had to
worry about the financial state of the company, hiring/firing, or keeping
the CEO "up and
running". My tech writing job was blissfully stress free compared to my
responsibilities as an
executive assistant.

I have worked my way back into a higher stress job, though I still think the
exec asst job is
the most stressful I've ever done.

YMMV,

Dana W


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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
Campbell Scientific, Inc.
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:26:49 -0600
From: Pro TechWriter <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Bad Salary Omens
To: Dana Worley <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>
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My first career before technical writing, so yes I have, and did it for more
than 12 years. In my opinion only, I did not find it as stressful, nor did I
work nearly as many hours, as I do as a technical communicator. I *never*
worked months in a row without a day off, or worked 70-75 hours a week as I
did in my last job!

With a good boss, assisting can be a lot of fun, especially if there is
event planning involved, which I also did.

I was just saying, if I am going to work that that little money, I'd prefer
a job without constant deadlines, stress, and overtime. Exec assisting is an
option :-) which would allow me to avoid retail, which I hate.

PT

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Dana Worley <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com> wrote:

> On Monday, December 28, 2009, Pro TechWriter wrote:
>
> > I'm considering executive assistant positions--they pay more and are
> > much less responsibility--and next-to-no overtime!
>
> Have you ever worked as an executive assistant?
>
> If you are a true executive assistant (not just a secretary with a fancy
> title), the job can be
> quite stressful. And if you're going to keep up, you'll be putting in OT.
>
> I worked as an executive assistant for about 8 years. I was so relieved
> when I left the
> company and took a position as a technical writer/applications engineer. I
> no longer had to
> worry about the financial state of the company, hiring/firing, or keeping
> the CEO "up and
> running". My tech writing job was blissfully stress free compared to my
> responsibilities as an
> executive assistant.
>
> I have worked my way back into a higher stress job, though I still think
> the exec asst job is
> the most stressful I've ever done.
>
> YMMV,
>
> Dana W
>
>
> ***************************
> Dana Worley
> Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group
> Campbell Scientific, Inc.
> Microsoft MVP, Windows Help
>
> www.jestersbaubles.etsy.com
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:43:17 -0500
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
Subject: Nice articles - thanks for the links
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> As far as I'm concerned, technical writing has been one of the 50 best
> career fields for at least 50 years -- probably longer.
>
> (The link
> <http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/12/28/technical-
> writer.html> worked fine when I tried it; YMMV.)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:24 PM
> > To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> > Subject: Re: Bad Salary Omens
> >
> > According to this week's U.S. News & World Report, technical
> > writing is one of the 50 best career fields for the next decade:
> >
> > http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/12/28/the-50
> > -best-careers-of-2010.html
> >

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